Shoe-polishing device.



T. A. 8: L. T. SMITH. SHOE POLISHING DEVICE. APPLIOATION FILED 00w. a,1912.

1,068,827. Patented July 29, 1913.

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THERON A. SMITH AND LOUIS T. SMITH, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE-POLISHING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1913.

Application filed October 8, 1912, Serial No. 724,536.

second, to provide a durable and economical shoe-polishing device.-

We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of our device nested,ready for use. Fig. 2 is an end elevation showing the wire fastening inplace, and the end of the polishing pad. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofa corner of our device nested, showing the wire fastening and springcatch in place.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The two main body portions 1, are composed of wood or any other suitablematerial, each having a polishing pad 2 attached to the under sidethereof, and a concavity in the upper side thereof shown at 3, toreceive the polishing pad 2 of the other body portion 1. When one of thepolishing pads is in use the other polishing pad is lying in theconcavity 3, of the body portion of the one in use. Said body portions1,

are held in place by wire fastening 4:. This wire fastening 4 isconnected to the upper body portion 1 by screws shown at 5, and 1s bentat right-angles to clasp and hold the two body portions together ineither direction, and is held in place by spring catch 6. The bodyportions 1 are reversed by releasing wire fastening 4:, from springcatch 6, and revolve on pivots 7, and flat metallic plates 8, one oneach side of the body portions 1, these plates being made of flat metalof the proper length, width, and thickness, and having rounded ends. Thepolishing pads 2, may be made of any suitable material, preferably feltor sheep-skin of the proper length, width, and thickness.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

In a shoe-polishing device, the combination of two body portions, eachhaving a concavity in its upper side and a polishing pad attached to itsunder side, means for permitting the rotation of said body portions soas to bring the polishing pad of one within the concavity of the other,and vice versa; and means for fastening said body portions together,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THERON A. SMITH. LOUIS T. SMITH.

Witnesses:

J. B. CAMBnRs, H. J. B. WRIGHT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

